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We want your views on what makes the perfect global office.

Who are your role models, how do you navigate through the maze of technology and how can you achieve a glowing annual staff review?

Have your say about Global Office. CNN's Richard Quest and Liz George will read the best e-mails on air.

If you cannot see your comments on this page, please check out our archive:

Your Say -- January 20

Your Say -- January 27

Your Say -- February 3

Once I got scolded for putting a folder of Pokemon icons on the company's server, for a colleague's daughter. A little later, I found, while surfing the server, more than 600 megabytes of hardcore stuff on our utility terminal of the same network. Funny, is it not? Roberto Guglielmi, Milan, Italy

My MBA was definitely worth it. I was an engineer and consider the education I got crucially important to my future success. Ojas Wadivkar, Chicago, Illinois

Is eating at your desk anti social? When an area is set aside for the purpose of eating one's snack then you have the opportunity to meet your colleagues and exchange grudges and pastries without turning your desk into a bacteriological disaster. Dr Harold Dresner, Karmiel, Israel

It would be ideal to network specifically with the type of industries that buy my products and services. I would be able to save them thousands of dollars in advertising materials, like banners, digital imaging and more. Claudia Roach, Miami, Florida

I think that what Henry Mintzberg is trying to say is that there is no substitute for experience. I would agree there, but that is not exactly a mind-blowing revelation, ask any headhunter or HR manager and they will tell you the same thing.

I have just finished my MBA. The advantages are that it helps you to learn how to think analytically and it gives you a theoretical background for the big issues in management. The disadvantages are that it does not help you make decisions quickly or in a crisis situation, nor does it help you deal with the human aspect of the job, that is persuading and motivating people to do something or the problems of intercultural communication. Liam Anderson, Sofia, Bulgaria

If you have either natural flair for management; are used to be holding a commanding post, or have gained experience as a manager, an MBA is a good tool to enhance your possibilities. An MBA cannot, and should not, replace gaining experience or natural personal ability. I, for one, do not ever expect to get an MBA. But I know people, who have benefited and people who would benefit from getting an MBA. Mike, Copenhagen, Denmark

After being out in the world building companies and businesses for 30 years, I have to say that experience says the MBA degree may help establish a common language among young managers. But it does not help them manage better. Management comes from experience and the heart. Thomas van der Heyden, Manila, the Philippines

I think with an MBA we can learn more than we do in ten years of experience. Aoumaich B., Paris, France


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